Hospital for Children

Divisions/Specialties

Division of Child Protection--Center for Families

The Child Protection Program represents a service focusing on children who are suffering from all forms of neglect and abuse.

This comprehensive program includes research, teaching and patient care.

In 2000, the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics established the Division of Child Protection. We are also known as the University of Maryland Center for Families.

Mission

The Division of Child Protection/Center for Families is committed to:

Providing excellent clinical services to children and families when concerns of child abuse or neglect (or child maltreatment) arise
Building a statewide network of medical experts in child maltreatment
Developing strategies to help prevent child abuse and neglect
Advocating on behalf of children and families to help address problems associated with child maltreatment.
Training professionals within the University system and in the community
Conducting research to improve our knowledge concerning child maltreatment

For More Information

Clinical programs

UMMS Child Protection Team
Care Clinic
Child Advocacy Centers
Emergency Department Child Sexual Abuse Program

Research Studies

A LONGitudinal Study on Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN)
A Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK)
Evaluation of an Abusive Head Trauma Prevention Program
Screening for Occult Abdominal Trauma Among Physically Abused

This page was last updated on: June 29, 2007.

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